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      ucli vein for building and other purposes necessary for carrying » n operations . The right of cutting or using timber for buildng or for fire wood from adjacent crown lands , as well as access 0 neighbouring water , shall also be conceded ; and , where the niblic convenience shall not suffer thereby , the commissioner or issistant-commissioner of the district will be empowered to * rant the exclusive right to necessary water , whether on the lalf-mile square enclosing the vein , or in the immediate neigh bourhood .

      4 . The beds of rivers or main creeks , intersected by veins , insladed in such claims , are not excluded from license to the public generally , except for a distance of fifty yards on each side of such veins . But , with this exception , no licenses shall be given to the public ? o dig for alluvial gold on such claims . The holder of the claims , however , who may desire to work out alluvial gold , must take out licenses on payment of the usual fee of thirty shillings monthly for such number of persons as they may employ for this purpose .

      5 . A claim such as the above shall be forfeited by the failure of the applicant to enter within a reasonable period , to be notified to Mm by the commissiai ^ r in writing , into the required bond , by his neglecting to jay fie prescribed royalty at the time and in the manner requi ed by the bond ; by his not employing atle st twenty pe sins , or machinery equivalent , calculated at the rate of one horse power to seven raen , on sweh

      claim within six months of the acceptance of his application for the same , unless such time shall be specially extended by the government—by his ceasing to employ that number of persons or such machinery on the works for one month thereafter—by his employing unlicensed persons to work alluvial gold on the claim , by obstructing the officer in the proper performance of his duty , or in any other way violating the terms of the bond . Such vein shall then be open to selection by other parties .

      6 . The duration of the claim shall be three years , which however , shall be extended for such further period as upon receipt of instructions from Her Majesty ' s government may be determined upon , having due regard to the interests of the parties concerned . At the expiration of the term of their holding , or on the sooner determination of the tenure by the consent of the government , the parties shall have liberty to remove all buildings , machinery , or other improvements erected or made by them , and a reasonable time shall be given for that purpose , provided always that the conditions of the bond shall have been duly fulfilled .

      7 . r >; o portion of land previously occupied under claims for alluvial gold will be open to selection for matrix gold while it continues to be worked for the former . II . PR 1 VATK LAXDS . Persons desirous of working auriferous quartz veins on private lands , shall be subject to the terms of the above regulations , with the exception that the royalty payable on the gross product of the gold shall be five per ' ccnt ., " aiid that they shall not be compelled to employ any specified number of persons , nor be iiable to any penalty on their ceasing to work .

      111 . T "?^ DE"S' LICENSES . Persons occupying portions of the g »» ld field , by erecting temporary hidings tents , &c , and carrying on any business , or following any trade or calling , shall pay a fee of 80 s . monthly , for the use of the lands so occupied by them ; and they are required to pay the same on demand , and " in advance , to the officer appointed to receive payment of license fees .

      Such license may be cancelled at any time , should the land be required for any public , purpose , or in consequence of the conviction of the licensed occupant , in any court of competent jurisdiction , of the illicit sale of spirits , or of any disorderly or riotous conduct endangering the public morals or peace ; and in no case will any claim to compensation for improvements be recognised .

      LAM ) HELD T 32 JDEE PASTORAL LEASES . Inconvenience being felt from the occupancy under lease , in terms of the regulations of the 29 th of March , 1848 , of such portions of the crown lands as are now being worked under Eeenses for digging gold , it has become necessary to terminate the leases in all such cases as shall be reported by the commissioner or assistant commissioner to be desirable for securing to the licensed miners the undisturbed prosecution of their employment . On receiving such reports , the necessary notice

      will be given to the lessees by the proper officers at the terniia idoa of their leases , after the expiration of one month ; and the sum paid by such lessees for the . land resumed , or the proponion payable for the remainder of the term , will be refundel , as provided for in the regulations referred to . In acting on this regulation , no greater interference with the interests of the leases will be sanctioned than may be absolutely necessary to ensure the object contemplated . * Form referred to . —

      GOLD LICESSE . ^ o . 185 The bsarer , , having paid to me the sum ot one pound ten shillings on account of the territorial revenue I hereby license him to dig , search for , and remove alluvial gold on and from any crown land as i shall assign to him for that purpose , during the month of 5 185 , subject to the government regulations in force for the time beiii" - for the management of the gold field . a

      Tnis license does not extend to matrix gold , ' and must be ' produced whenever demanded by me or any other person acting under the authority of the government . ( Signed ) A . I ] ., Commissioner .

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      The Habyest . —The weather baa been completely broken but , according to all the accounts from the eounlry the harvest seems to be quite safe , having been almost everywhere completed . The Prosecution op the " Anglo Celt . "—in the case of the Queen at the prosecution of the colonel and officers of the g irt ra iment against Mr . Wall . ee , the proprietor " o the Angb-Celt newspaperfor libelthe defendant attended

      , , before the magistrates at the head police-office last Saturday to put m bail for his appearance in the Court of Queen ' * * Bench on the first day of next term . The informations of Lieutenant-Colonel Staunton , Captain Eaj > ar , and Lieutenant Hutton , of the 31 st regiment , were readout by Mr Porter They set forth the circumstances relative to the ' affair at

      Sixmile-bridge , and denying that the party of the 31 st had com mitted wilful murder on that occasion , or had slaughtered the people without provocation . They also charged as wickedly fake and untrue the allegation contained in the alleged libel that th ejJlst regiment had ever been guilty of cowardice , or had lost their facings ; but that , on the contrary , they had ever exhibited the utmost gallantry . Mr . Dowse , on the part of the defendant

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      having declined to cross-examine the witnesses , Mr . Wallac was called upon to enter into securities , himself in £ 200 , and two securities in £ 100 each . Dr . Gray and Mr . Matthew Tall y , solicitor , became securities in the sums required , and the recognisances having been perfected , the parties left the office . Ckop Lifting . —The seassn of conflicts between bailiffs and tenants for the possession of the crops has come round with the returning harvest . The Corft BejJorter has the following : " On the night of the 9 th inst ., about twelve o ' clock , a party of men unknown , about ten , arrived on the lands of Carrigaae , in the parish of Lisgoold , and seized James Ryan and Patrick Buckley , keepers in charge of a distress for rent due of John

      Murphy and James Terry , tied their hands and legs , and then tied the men together , inVlrich state they were found in a field by a female at an early hour next morning , who untied them , the corn and hay under seizure being removed off the land during the nip- lit . The property , when the distress was made , weis in the Court of Chancery , in the suit of W . Morroslu Esq ., against

      G-. S . Barry , Esq ., and has heen lately sold in the Encumbered Estates Court . The seizure was made by Receiver , Edward Barry , Esq ., of the Court of Chancery , for " the last March rent , and it is supposed the offence in question had occurred under the idea that all power of the receiver ceased on the property being purchased . The keepers cannot identify any of the party , who had no arms neither was there any violence done " more than tying them ton-ether .

      On the morning of the 14 th instant a party unknown broke open the bam of John Eagott , of Castletrcasure , and carried away a great quantity of oats which was seized for rent due by Daniel Whelan , of the same place , and placed in the bam under the charge of Daniel Sullivan , a labourer , who said the corn was carried away on cars whilst he was asleep . Mrs . Chisholm in Dublin . —On Saturday evening Mrs . Chisholm delivered an address on " Emigration to Australia , " in the Lecture Hall of the Dublin Mechanics' Institute , which was crowded in every part . Mrs . Chisholm was accompanied by Mr . Leslie Foster , a member of the council of Port Phillip , and by several ladies and ccntlemcn .

      Mysterious Murder . —The Glare Journal has the following brief account of a mysterious murder : —We have just heard of a dreadful murder having been committed on Saturday night in the neighbourhood of Miltown Malbay , upon a young man named Thomas Stacpoole , who was , it is said , to come into possession of some property in a short time . He was invited to spend the evening in some neighbouring house , and rumour has it that he was murdered in the night , and his body found yesterday close to the bridge of Armagh . His remains presented a dreadful spectacle . Two men have been apprehended on suspicion , and are now in custody of the police .

      M'Halb and the Irish Circucii . —Archbishop M'Hale has favoured the Premier , through the columns of the Freeman s . j ournal , with a lengthy letter in his peculiar style . What he describes as the total failure of proselytising efforts in the west of Ireland is the chief burden of the epistle ; but the real sting will be found in the tail , where " his grace" speaks a bit of his mind about the church establishment a subject , it may be observed , that stands a fair chance of soon throwing even tenant right into the shade in Irish agitation . The latter concludes thus : — "As fortheprolesfcant establishment , dream no longer of upholding it in Ireland , treat it like the question of free trade , yielding to the inevitable necessity of events which

      statesmen cannot control The catholic people of this country are resolved not to be content until they witness its legislative annihilation ; the axe is already laid to the root , and as time has bin too well attested the baneful vices of its influence , it is in vain you will endeavour to avert its inevitable fall . —I have the honour to be , your lordship's obedient servant , Jons , Archbishop of Tuam . "

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      ibe akd Loss of LiPE . —On Sunday morn in «\ shortly before one o clock , a disastrous fire broke out , from some unexplained cause , in the house of Mr . Hosg , of No . 394 , Eotherhithe-strcet , optician and mathematical instrument maker the lowerpart of whose premises were alsousedas aship chandler ' s warehouse , and a Birmingham and Sheffield goods store . The lice

      po were soon on the spot , but , before arrangements could be made for the safely of the inmates , Miss Susan Ho , ^ , nciee of Mr . Hogg , leaped out of the first-floor window with li ' or hands and face severely burnt . She was at once picked up , and conveyed to a place of safety . In the meantime , Mr . Ho . ™ , him self was about to follow her example , from the second-ffoor , but the people in the street called out to him to wait until something could be procured for him to fall upon . A counterpane was then brought and stretched below the window , but the unfortunate

      man ' s weight split it , and he fell with a frightful crash . When taken up , his legs were found to be broken , and his spine fractured , and ho was otherwise much hurt . The glare of the fire soon brough t , plenty of assistance , including seven land-engines and the float ; but all efforts to save the premises Avere in vain . The flames were , however , prevented from doing material damage to the neighbouring property , though it was more or less injured . The saddest part of the story remains to be told . As soon as possible , a search was made in the rains for the two other inmates , namely—Miss Eosina Riches , a relative of Mr . and the t

      Hogg , servan , a young woman named Jane Brown , the uugg , apu me sorvaur ,, a young woman named Jane Brown , the ashes of whom were at length found , thus placing their shocking fate beyond doubt . It is supposed that the servant , who had gone down stairs on Satuvday . night to turn off the gas at the meter , might have let a spark fall from her candle , and thus caused the calamity .

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      ALLEGED MURDER OP A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND . On Monday , at the Lambeth Police Court , Richard Perry 51 described us a labourer , residing at No . 22 . Broad-street Lambeth , was charged with having caused the death of Jane Perry bis wife , by striking her on the head and body in a frightful

      manner . George Mitchell said he lived at No . 22 , Broad-street , Lambeth , m apartments underneath those occupied by the prisoner and Ins wife . They were continually quarrelling , and the female was almost always drunk . On Saturday evening last , between 8 and 9 clockthe

      o ' , prisoner and deceased came home , apparently very comfortable , and shortly afterwards the former went out , and was followed a little while after by his wife . Some time afterwards the prisoner brought some coals home , and finding the deceased was out and had locked his door , he came down stairs , but at the same time she entered the house . They had some words about the door being locked , when the prisoner , who appeared to be sober , went to bed , and the deceased again went out . She returned at a very late hour , much intoxicated ,

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      when he heard them quarrelling , and immediately after * , I heavy fall , which was succeeded by complete silence Vr s a I called out to him that she hoped nothing had hannnne 11 ^ S Perry and his wife , and immediately afterwards he hn i ei 1 I prisoner put on his shoes and come down stairs whPn T , * I out , » Who ' s this lying on the stairs ?» The prXt f ^ turned to his room , and brought a light down stair- ^ J 4 T . Elliott-You said you heard the fall in the pri

      Witness replied that ' lie did , but he did not hear l , ov »« i tue stairs after that . He must have heard her if she If ? ° * could hear the least thing on the stairs . The prisoW * i llc came down to the landing near the door , called out " tn to got up , exclaiming that his wife had no strong Ti s Witness got out of bed and assisted him to carry & i n ! " ' up stairs , but be at once perceived that she was dead ^ i ? the prisoner so . The latter exclaimed , "Good God Vn i 1 ( 1 mean to say so !» They then carried her into the mm \ put her on the bed , when he washed her foce with cold « d and sent the prisoner for a doctor . The police shortly o i i ^ t e ^ . and- brought one in , when they pronou ^ Mr Elliott to Mitchell-Had she fallen down stairs nrrf , have heard her ? ' 1 5 ° u Mitchell-Yes ; I was not asleep , and I could have heart , cat walk clown . u " a

      Mr . Elliott -Then what you heard was the quarreluM , llfi the heavy fall m their room ? « " MitaheU-That ' s all 1 heard , excepting the prisoner conim , down and calling out , and his afterwards procunn * ? S when he roused me up . * ° u S Margaret Mitchell , wife of the preceding witness , corrohonu his ^ dencc m every point . The deceased was cover dSj bruises from head to loins . Witness hoard no scuffle on stairs , the fall took place in the prisoner ' s room There having been no medical examination , the prisoner t ™ remanded . x vas Mukder of a Wipb at LEEDs .-Samuel West , a man about 3 a , following the calling of a nuarryman , is in custody of Leeds police , charged with the murder of his wife , Elizabeth under extraordinary circumstances . West was brought unit the Court-house , Leeds , on Thursday , charged before the May * with stabbing his wife , and it was stated at that time that the

      woman was dying . The prisoner was therefore remanded iiic same evening the woman died . The prisoner was married to the deceased , daughter of a working man , named Lavcoc' - residing- j n Woodhouse Out , about five weeks ago , and ti-ev have since lived in Busiingthorpe-lane . On Tuesday week West went to Halton least , from whence he returned home late at night in a state of intoxication . His wife was at that time m bed , suffering , we believe , from jaundice , and very ill . According to the deceased ' s own statement , subsequently made to a neighbour , the prisoner made advances to her . to which 4 ««

      objected on account of her state of prostration from illness . He became vury outrageous at this refusal , and jumping out of bed he suarpened a knife . She was at that time lying upon her face , with her night clothes torn almost to shreds by life vioicnce | and as she was thus lying he stabbed her below the left shouitier : the instrument penetrated to the cavity of the chest , and inflicted a wound which has since proved mortal . The neighbours , being alarmed , subsequently obtained admission to the

      house , and found the poor woman in a shocking state Medical aid was sent for , and Mr . Taylor , the mefleal officer of the district ; attended . He examined the wound , and applied the usual remedies . She continued to got worse , and Mr . Clayton , surgeon , was called in ; but on Wednesday last , it ™ seen that nothing could save her . The police immediately took V \ est into custody , at his own house , in Buslingthorpe-lanc . boon alter the unfortunate woman became delirious , and on Thursday evening died .

      Attempted Murder . — -On Sunday morning , when the reflection of the fire in Kotherhithe shot up , Mr . Inspector Barry , who was on duty in the neighbourhood of the London-road , Southwark , turned off for the purpose of proceeding to the lire to render assistance . On getting to the comer of Martin-street he _ espied a suspicious-looking character carrying something weighty and bulky in his arms . He immediately stopped the man and demanded to know what he had with him . The man

      did not then offer the least resistance , but merely replied , " All right , governor , ' ' and was apparently in the act of assisting- the inspector to untie the bundle , when some of the fellow ' s companions came silently behind the officer and indicted a tremendous blow on his head , which took effect , and he fell down , the blood gushing from the wound down his back . The

      violence of the blow and the loss of blood of course prevented the inspector from . securing the men , who . made off . leaving the otriccr . as they no doubt imagined , for dead . A sunreon having dressed the wound and stopped the hemorrhage , tiio inspector was enabled to proceed to the fire , but Mr . liayncs , his superintendent , at once gave directions for him to eo ' homc . ? KAt

      J )» s ox the Ipswich Post-Office—On Saturday William Collins ( late chief clerk ) , Frederick Joseph Sheldrake , and hdward Uiannmg Bartholomew Brummitt were finally examined on several charges of embezzling money , the p roperty ot her Majesty , before the mayor of Ipswich . ' and a bench of magistrates . It appeared from the evidence ' of Mr . W . S . Jjitch , tue postmaster that it was the duty of the prisoners to alnx six postage stamps to all registered letters receiving

      upon the registration fee , and for some time past it had ken discovered by Mr . J . T . Gardner , a confidential clerk hi the general j . ' ost-ofHco , that the Ipswich has ? frequently contained letters bearing stamps that hud been obliterated before they luul received the obliterating stamp of the Ipswich post-omYc . M - ivamsey was consequentl y sent down to investigate the maM * and the prisoners were detected . Bail was refused for their

      appearance at the assizes . ( Maid Servant at one of the Red Hall estate cottages , Lincoln , Was attacked by a hijrhwayman on Friday nig nt Iiist ) as she was descending Cross o " Cliffe-hill into the city on an errand . The fellow , who was dressed in a short slop , met and passed her , and thensiiiUlralv turned round , and griping her by the throat , demanded money . " The eirl assured him that she did not h mto

      possess any , and then the villain , to intimidate er the production of what money she mi ^ it hav e upon her person , threatened to take her life / At lasttLe girl , with great presence of mind , screamed , " The doctor ' s coming , " and the vagabond darted off with armmnej rapidity . Shortly afterwards no was met on the summit of the hill by a horseman , nml ho wjij > tnen going- at a rapid rate . Having heard tho girl's story , tne horseman returned in search of the scoundrel , but did w

      succeed in capturing him . Alleged Embezzlement op Silk axd Cotton . — At the ^ 1 ^' Chester Borough Court on Monday seven men , named 'i nonw iox , George Massey , Samuel Kershaw , Hugh M'Gillun , ^ 111- , M'Cuc , John Jameson , and Joseph Westworth , were cW ¦> L two first with having received , and the others witu em

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1697/page/4/